Hello lovely reading earthlings! I’m so happy you could join us today on our adventure of exploring this beautiful life and country. Last time I left y’all in Asheville and we’ve now made it through a corner of Tennessee. And what a lovely time wee’ve been having. We stayed mostly in the greenery avoiding most of Knoxville. I wanted to see my aunt and uncle and I feel like maybe it’s a slight to not have even called but I also didn’t want to make them feel bad if they couldn’t see me with covid and all. Now that I’ve probably overthought it enough I feel like my uncle would’ve loved to see us, the home they’re in wouldn’t have, and my dad would’ve maybe been disappointed that I exposed them even to the possibility with a visit.
We did meet some amazing new friends. Ms. Fawn came up to the bus going “What are you all doing here?” Coming at me like we’ve known eacho ther for ages already. She ran her errand and then had me follow her to first the gas station for some fuel and then to her daughter’s house to park. We stayed for a total of three nights, having a rainy day and then a beautiful sunny day where I ozonated the bus for a good five hours.
Jess, Ms. Fawns daughter, lives a block from downtown Clinton, which is a beautiful small town with many friendly people. Both mother and daughter are into herbs and alternative living. Jess and I did a little yoga too. She’s an open individual walking her path of health or figuring it out in the least. Ms Fawn is an “old hippie” soul. She has a million stories consistently spewing out of her, which are vibrant and colorful. They’re a bit tuned down with intermittent gap phrases as “you don’t even know” (I know, that’s why you’re telling me this story) and repeated “this is all true!” (I never even doubted you, ma, until you insisted so hard and so often now I wonder…) The stories all weave together through some leaps, and side stories. I loved listening to her, having a break of consistently “having to come up with a reply” to carry a conversation.
So from there we drove up backcountry highways and boondocked in an astronomy field for a night for the full moon. It had a beautiful morning walk to pogue creek overlook that was about 3 miles round trip. The kids did it fantastically. Around noon we headed a little north west to this beautiful park and playground with a waterfall here in Wolf Point (?) The kids are so happy about the crisp clear water they forfeit the playset. I will be dragging them to the mill house to learn more about where we’re at, but all in all, it’s ust so nice to be in a chill little spot with sun shining and getting some work done.
I am at the point where I will be taking a break to move my body and do a closer check up on the kids. They’re within sight, but their occupation is an intrigue.
At this point, I must say that we do run on donations and I greatly appreciate your contributions. Every little bit helps and gets us to explore just a little more of this exciting world. I accept donations via CashApp: $MatildaBugus and paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/matildabugus
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I did add a new kids dvd player onto the wishlist as ours is on the brink of falling apart, just fyi. It does still work, hopefully for at least a few more months.
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And from here there’s nothing left (for writing ) but to tell you that you’re beautiful and amazing! I hope you’re grateful. I hope you have a smile to share, if not, hit me up an I’ll try to give you one 😉
Loving you
Matilda the Bugus 